Note 031 Si ego ibidem cum Francis meis fuissem, injurias ejus vindicassem. This rash expression. which Gregory has prudently concealed, is celebrated by Fredegarius (Epitom. c. 21, in tom. ii. p. 400), Aimoin (1. i. c. 16, in tom. iii. p. 40), and the Chroniques de St. Denys (1. i. c. 20, in tom. iii. p. 171), as an admirable effusion of Christian zeal.

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